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  • Johny Turner?

    Toren has a Johny Jumper (a.k.a. Johny Jump-up). Unfortunately, at this point he has only mastered the art of turning:

  • wrestling Toren to Sleep

    For some reason Toren doesn’t go to sleep easily when I’m holding him. When Debi is holding him, he pretends like he’s hungry, but he doesn’t cry or fight. When I hold him, he cries and wrestles: Here’s another version of Toren doing this: Turns out, I have since found a way to significantly reduce…

  • How Toren wakes up and spit bubbles x10

    Wait for it:

  • The World’s Meanest Dad

    Of all the footage I’ve shot so far, this clip is, by far, my favorite: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLla0Q3egIc Now, before you comment about how evil I am, I have to set up the shot. We put Toren on his play mat of terror a couple days earlier and, in an effort to get him to like it,…

  • Why we won’t see real healthcare reform

    The answer is simple: $$$$ The St. Petersburg Times ran a good story this morning looking at donations to politicians in the state of Florida by… Health insurance companies and other groups who stand to see a decline in their windfall profits if the Federal Government actually reforms healthcare.  Now, you may be saying, “But…

  • the pen is the sword

    You may have heard that “the pen is mightier than the sword”. Not so for Toren. For Toren, the pen is the sword: I give him this on occasion to check his ability to grasp things. He’s come awfully close to poking his eye out more than once!

  • the play mat of terror

    Some good friends gave us a play mat for Toren. For some reason, every time we put him on it he freaks out: Maybe he’s still too young?

  • Streeetttccchhh!

    Toren loves to stretch when waking up… and when eating… and, well, all the time:

  • Pfeifferhorn

    Summit Date: August 1st, around 10:30 Party: Ryan Cragun, Mark Woolley, Tom Triplett While in Utah I did my annual hike with my two hiking buddies, Tom and Mark.  Having hiked all the highpoints within about a day’s drive of Salt Lake City, we decided to do something local this year.  Of course, it’s not…

  • Ubuntu Fresh Install

    I mentioned a while back that I switched all of our computers (currently 5) to Linux (Ubuntu, to be specific).  I was committed to making the transition this time and have spent quite a bit of time becoming more proficient with the operating system.  I wouldn’t say I’m a Linux expert, by any means, but…